Comic Gallery: THE BLACK KNIGHT

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1955

Comic Gallery: THE BLACK KNIGHT

1955

1955

1956

Comic Book Story: SIR LANCELOT battles "The Ferocious Fathers" by John Buscema (1957)

Back in the Days of Yore (in this case 1956-57), William Russel starred in the British-made TV series The Adventures of Sir Lancelot (now available on cheapo DVD). 

Meanwhile, John Buscema, nine years before he started churning out superhero stuff for Marvel and sixteen years before he set to work on Conan the Barbarian, was working for Dell, where both pencilled and inked this March 1957 issue of Four Color #775. In my eyes, this is at least the equal of his Conan work, much of which was inked by other hands. This ish was uploaded to the ever-surprising comicbookplus by a user known as BobR. 

Toy Soldier Saturday: TIM-MEE KNIGHTS

Some Tim-Mee figures had strangely awkward poses (especially the pirates, HERE), but on these knights (except for the last one) it looks pretty good. The wide-legged stance on most of these guys allowed the company to produce both standing and mounted figures of the same poses. If I possess any Tim-Mee lances, I couldn't find them, so these boys had to borrow from their smaller-scale Lido brethren (HERE). 

Our Toy Soldier parade is HERE.